The bomb reveals the dreadful and total contingency of huma… - William Barrett

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The bomb reveals the dreadful and total contingency of human existence. Existentialism is the philosophy of the atomic age.

William Barrett

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William Christopher Barrett (1913 – 1992) was a professor of philosophy at New York University from 1950 to 1979. He received his PhD at Columbia University. He was an editor of Partisan Review and later the literary critic of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He was well known for writing philosophical works for nonexperts.

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The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church is no longer the final and unquestioned home and asylum of his being.

The bomb reveals the dreadful and total contingency of human existence. Existentialism is the philosophy of the atomic age. - William Barrett

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